 The soldiers won, and afterwards the representative of the government came to the area and is said to have made peace between the two groups.Until the early 1970s the inhabitants of Dodotana Sire, being Arsi Oromo, were in chronic conflict with Karayu pastoralists from Fentale, as well as with Jille Oromos from in the neighboring woreda, over rights to grazing land and drinking water for livestock.This conflict was settled during the early 1990s by emphasizing overall ethnic affiliation over minor clan differences.